AB100: Bill Text

AB100,383,18 21.72 (1) (a) 4. A license, certificate of approval, provisional license, conditional license, certification, certification card, registration, permit, training permit, or approval specified in s. 49.45 (2) (a) 11., 51.42 (7) (b) 11., 51.421 (3) (a), 146.50 (5) (a) or (b), (6g) (a), (7), or (8) (a) or (f), 250.05 (5), 252.23 (2), 252.24 (2), 254.176, 254.178 (2) (a), 254.20 (2), (3), or (4), 254.64 (1) (a) or (b), 254.71 (2), 255.08 (2) (a), or 343.305 (6) (a) or a permit for the operation of a campground specified in s. 254.47 (1).

AB100, s. 491 Section 491. 23.09 (25) of the statutes is repealed.

AB100, s. 492 Section 492. 23.15 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,383,22 23.15 (6) This section does not apply to property that is authorized to be sold under s. 16.848.

AB100, s. 493 Section 493. 23.22 (1) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,383,25 23.22 (1) (cg) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1).

AB100, s. 494 Section 494. 23.22 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,384,3 23.22 (1) (cr) "Qualified lake association" means an association that meets the qualifications under s. 281.68 (3m) (a).

AB100, s. 495 Section 495. 23.22 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,384,17 23.22 (2) (c) Under the program established under par. (a), the department shall promulgate rules to establish a procedure to award cost-sharing grants to public and private entities for up to 50% of the costs of projects to control invasive species. The rules promulgated under this paragraph shall establish criteria for determining eligible projects and eligible grant recipients. Eligible projects shall include education and inspection activities at boat landings. The rules shall allow cost-share contributions to be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or any combination thereof. In promulgating these rules, the department shall consider the recommendations of the council under sub. (3) (c). From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (ar), the department shall make available in each fiscal year at least $500,000 for cost-sharing grants to be awarded to local governmental units, nonprofit conservation organizations, and qualified lake associations for the control of invasive species that are aquatic species.

AB100, s. 496 Section 496. 23.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,385,7 23.27 (3) (a) Duties. The department shall conduct a natural heritage inventory program. The department shall cooperate with the department of administration under s. 16.967 in conducting this program. This program shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of natural areas, the degree of endangerment of natural areas, an evaluation of the importance of natural areas, information related to the associated natural values of natural areas, and other information and data related to natural areas. This program shall establish a system for determining the existence and location of native plant and animal communities and endangered, threatened, and critical species, the degree of endangerment of these communities and species, the existence and location of habitat areas associated with these communities and species, and other information and data related to these communities and species. This program shall establish and coordinate standards for the collection, storage, and management of information and data related to the natural heritage inventory.

AB100, s. 497 Section 497. 23.32 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,385,11 23.32 (2) (d) The department shall cooperate with the department of administration under s. 16.967 in conducting wetland mapping activities or any related land information collection activities.

AB100, s. 498 Section 498. 23.325 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,385,16 23.325 (1) (a) Shall consult with the department of administration, the department of transportation, and the state cartographer, and may consult with other potential users of the photographic products resulting from the survey, to determine the scope and character of the survey.

AB100, s. 499 Section 499. 23.33 (2) (i) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,385,19 23.33 (2) (i) 1. Directly issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation with or without using the expedited service specified in par. (ig) 1.

AB100, s. 500 Section 500. 23.33 (2) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,385,23 23.33 (2) (i) 3. Appoint persons who are not employees of the department as agents of the department to issue, transfer, or renew the registration documentation using either or both of the expedited services specified in par. (ig) 1.

AB100, s. 501 Section 501. 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,386,4 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. (intro.) For the issuance of original or duplicate registration documentation and for the transfer or renewal of registration documentation, the department may implement either or both of the following expedited procedures to be provided by the department and any agents appointed under par. (i) 3.:

AB100, s. 502 Section 502. 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,386,9 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. a. A noncomputerized procedure under which the department or an agent may accept appointed under par. (i) 3. accepts applications for registration certificates documentation and issue a validated registration receipt at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.

AB100, s. 503 Section 503. 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,386,14 23.33 (2) (ig) 1. b. A computerized procedure under which the department or agent may accept applications for registration documentation and issue to each applicant all or some of the items of the registration documentation at the time the applicant submits the application accompanied by the required fees.

AB100, s. 504 Section 504. 23.33 (2) (ig) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,386,23 23.33 (2) (ig) 2. Under either procedure under subd. 1., the applicant shall receive any remaining items of registration documentation directly from the department at a later date. The items of registration documentation issued at the time of the submittal of the application under either procedure shall be sufficient to allow the all-terrain vehicle for which the application is submitted to be operated in compliance with the registration requirements under this subsection. The items of registration documentation issued under subd. 1. b. shall include at least one registration decal.

AB100, s. 505 Section 505. 23.33 (2) (ir) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB100,387,1 23.33 (2) (ir) (title) Registration; supplemental fees.

AB100, s. 506 Section 506. 23.33 (2) (ir) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,387,6 23.33 (2) (ir) 1. In addition to the applicable fee under par. (c), (d), or (e), each agent appointed under par. (i) 3. shall collect an expedited a service fee of $3 each time the agent issues a validated registration receipt under par. (ig) 1. a. The agent shall retain the entire amount of each expedited service fee the agent collects.

AB100, s. 507 Section 507. 23.33 (2) (ir) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,387,12 23.33 (2) (ir) 2. In addition to the applicable fee under par. (c), (d), or (e), the department or the agent appointed under par. (i) 3. shall collect an expedited a service fee of $3 $5 each time the expedited service under par. (ig) 1. b. is provided. The agent shall remit to the department $1 of each expedited service fee the agent collects.

AB100, s. 508 Section 508. 23.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,388,2 23.41 (5) Each contract for construction work entered into by the department under this section shall be awarded on the basis of bids or competitive sealed proposals in accordance with procedures established by the department. Each contract for construction work shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder or the person submitting the most advantageous competitive sealed proposal as determined by the department. If the bid of the lowest responsible bidder or the proposal of the person submitting the most advantageous competitive sealed proposal is determined by the department to be in excess of the estimated reasonable value of the work or not in the public interest, the department may reject all bids or competitive sealed proposals. Every such contract is exempted from ss. 16.70 to 16.75, 16.755, 16.76, 16.767 to 16.77, 16.78 to 16.82, 16.855, 16.87, and 16.89, but ss. 16.528, 16.754 and, 16.765, 16.771, and 16.871 apply to the contract. Every such contract involving an expenditure of more than $60,000 is not valid until the contract is approved by the governor.

AB100, s. 509 Section 509. 24.06 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,388,12 24.06 Plat of lands. The board may subdivide any parcel of public lands into smaller parcels or village lots, with streets and alleys if necessary, whenever it believes a larger net price can be obtained by selling the land in such smaller parcels or lots. A survey and plat of such subdivision, verified by its maker as true and correct, shall be returned and recorded in the office of the board, and the parcels or lots designated thereon shall be appraised before they are offered for sale. Such subdivision shall be ordered, the proceedings therefor governed and such appraisal made in substantial accord with s. 24.08. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the board from selling any parcel of public lands as a whole parcel.

AB100, s. 510 Section 510. 24.11 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,388,19 24.11 (1) (c) Unless otherwise required by law to be deposited into a fund other than any of the trust funds, as defined in s. 24.60 (5), all moneys received from the sale of public lands that occurs on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], shall be credited to the appropriate trust fund, except that any such moneys deposited in the normal school fund shall be credited to the account established under s. 24.605 in the normal school fund.

AB100, s. 511 Section 511. 24.32 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,388,24 24.32 (1) Unless such resale be prevented by payment as hereinbefore provided by s. 24.29, such lands shall may be offered for sale by sealed bid or at public auction to the highest bidder, in the manner and upon the terms provided, for original sales, and if not then sold shall be subject to private entry thereafter.

AB100, s. 512 Section 512. 24.605 of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,389,6 24.605 Accounts in normal school fund for deposit of proceeds from sale of lands. The board shall establish in the normal school fund an account to which are credited the proceeds from the sale of any public lands that are required by law to be deposited in the normal school fund. Moneys credited to the account may only be used to invest in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. and for the payment of expenses necessarily related to investing in land under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10.

AB100, s. 513 Section 513. 24.61 (2) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,389,8 24.61 (2) (a) (title) Authorized investments by board.

AB100, s. 514 Section 514. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,389,11 24.61 (2) (a) 10. Land in this state, but subject to the condition established under par. (cm).

AB100, s. 515 Section 515. 24.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,389,15 24.61 (2) (b) Deposited with secretary of administration. All bonds, notes, and other securities so purchased under par. (a) shall be deposited with the secretary of administration.

AB100, s. 516 Section 516. 24.61 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,389,21 24.61 (2) (c) Delegation of investment authority to investment board. The board may delegate to the investment board the authority to invest part or all of the moneys belonging to the trust funds. If the board delegates the authority, the investment board may invest the moneys belonging to the trust funds in any fixed income investment or fund that invests in fixed income instruments.

AB100, s. 517 Section 517. 24.61 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,389,24 24.61 (2) (cm) Investments in land in this state. The board may not invest moneys in the purchase of any land under par. (a) 10. unless all of the following occur:

AB100,389,25 1. The land is within any applicable consolidation area approved by the board.

AB100,390,3 2. The total acreage of public lands managed by the board does not exceed the total acreage of public lands managed by the board on the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].

AB100,390,5 3. The board determines that the purchase of the land will improve timberland management, address forest fragmentation, or increase public access to the land.

AB100,390,7 4. The moneys are derived from the sale of public lands on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].

AB100, s. 518 Section 518. 24.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,390,15 24.62 (1) Except as authorized in sub. (2), the board shall deduct its expenses incurred in administering investments and loans under s. 24.61 from the gross receipts of the fund to which the interest and income of the investment or loan will be added. If the board delegates to the investment board the authority to invest part or all of the moneys belonging to the trust funds, the investment board shall deduct its expenses incurred in administering investments under s. 24.61 as provided under s. 25.17 (9).

AB100, s. 519 Section 519. 24.62 (3) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,390,21 24.62 (3) If any land purchased under s. 24.61 (2) (a) 10. was at the time of purchase subject to assessment or levy of a real property tax, the board shall make annual payments in lieu of property taxes to the appropriate local governmental unit in an amount equal to 74 cents per acre. The payments shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.507 (1) (kd).

AB100, s. 520 Section 520. 25.17 (1) (afp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,390,24 25.17 (1) (afp) Agricultural college fund (s. 24.82), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);

AB100, s. 521 Section 521. 25.17 (1) (axp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,391,2 25.17 (1) (axp) Common school fund (s. 24.76), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);

AB100, s. 522 Section 522. 25.17 (1) (gd) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,391,4 25.17 (1) (gd) Health care quality improvement fund (s. 25.775);

AB100, s. 523 Section 523. 25.17 (1) (kd) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,391,7 25.17 (1) (kd) Normal school fund (s. 24.80), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);

AB100, s. 524 Section 524. 25.17 (1) (xLc) of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,391,10 25.17 (1) (xLc) University fund (s. 24.81), but subject to the terms of delegation under s. 24.61 (2) (c);

AB100, s. 525 Section 525. 25.17 (1) (zm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,391,17 25.17 (1) (zm) All other funds of the state or of any state department or institution, except funds which under article X of the constitution are controlled and invested by the board of commissioners of public lands, funds which are required by specific provision of law to be controlled and invested by any other authority, and moneys in the University of Wisconsin trust funds, and in the trust funds of the state universities.

AB100, s. 526 Section 526. 25.18 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,391,25 25.18 (1) (a) Notwithstanding s. 20.930 and all provisions of subch. IV of ch. 16 and s. 20.930, except s. 16.771, employ special legal or investment counsel in any matters arising out of the scope of its investment authority. The employment of special legal counsel shall be with the advice and consent of the attorney general whenever such special counsel is to be compensated by the board. Any expense of counsel so employed shall be borne by the fund for which the services shall be furnished.

AB100, s. 527 Section 527. 25.18 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,392,8 25.18 (1) (f) Maintain and repair any building or other structure or premises which it owns in fee or in which it owns the beneficial interest and, notwithstanding all provisions of subch. IV or V of ch. 16, except ss. 16.771 and 16.871, it shall have exclusive authority to make such agreements and enter into such contracts as it deems necessary for such purpose. All noncapital costs under this paragraph shall be charged to the current income accounts of the funds having an interest in the building, structure or premises.

AB100, s. 528 Section 528. 25.18 (1) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,392,15 25.18 (1) (m) Notwithstanding all provisions of subchs. IV and V of ch. 16, except ss. 16.771 and 16.871, employ professionals, contractors or other agents necessary to evaluate or operate any property if a fund managed by the board has an interest in, or is considering purchasing or lending money based upon the value of, that property. Costs under this paragraph shall be paid by the fund and charged to the appropriate account under s. 40.04 (3).

AB100, s. 529 Section 529. 25.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,393,10 25.36 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), all moneys appropriated or transferred by law shall constitute the veterans trust fund which shall be used for the lending of money to the mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.35 (22) and for the veterans programs under ss. 20.485 (2) (m), (mn), (tm), (u), (v), (vo), (vy), (vz), (w), (z), and (zm), 45.014, 45.25, 45.35 (23), 45.351 (1), 45.353, 45.356, 45.357, 45.396, 45.397, and 45.43 (7) and administered by the department of veterans affairs, including all moneys received from the federal government for the benefit of veterans or their dependents; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under the post-war rehabilitation fund; soldiers rehabilitation fund, veterans housing funds as they existed prior to July 1, 1961; all moneys paid as interest on and repayment of loans under this fund; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans trust fund stabilization loans under s. 45.356, 1995 stats.; all moneys paid as expenses for, interest on, and repayment of veterans personal loans; the net proceeds from the sale of mortgaged properties related to veterans personal loans; all mortgages issued with the proceeds of the 1981 veterans home loan revenue bond issuance purchased with moneys in the veterans trust fund; all moneys received from the state investment board under s. 45.356 (9) (b); all moneys received from the veterans mortgage loan repayment fund under s. 45.79 (7) (a) and (c); and all gifts of money received by the board of veterans affairs for the purposes of this fund.

AB100, s. 530 Section 530. 25.40 (1) (a) 5g. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,393,13 25.40 (1) (a) 5g. Fees collected under s. 342.14 (3m) that are deposited into the environmental fund for nonpoint source water pollution abatement.

AB100, s. 531 Section 531. 25.40 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB100,393,16 25.40 (1) (fm) All moneys received as fees under s. 101.9208 (1), except fees received under s. 101.9208 (1) (b) and (dm).

AB100, s. 532 Section 532. 25.40 (2) (b) 19rm. of the statutes is created to read:

AB100,393,18 25.40 (2) (b) 19rm. Section 20.380 (1) (v).